I don't understand why saying the word "Jew" is funny. In South Park, the word Jew is used all the time, without really condescending Jews (although it does that as well). In Mr and Mrs Smith, Mrs Smith states "I'm Jewish" and the audience laughs. Other instances of random Jew references include SNL, Simpsons, etc. Then you have Jews who make Jew references, including Mel Brooks and Woody Allen.
What is so funny about mentioning Jews?
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Anonymous2005-06-19 14:29
It's simply fun, just like niggers. Not really attacking or praising them.
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York!TnfC957mQY2005-06-19 23:21
It's a self fulfilling prophecy of sorts. Back in the day (and today, of course), you would have genuinely anti-semitic people who would look for intentionally hurtful jew jokes, or klansmen would get black jokes, or catholic jokes, pole jokes etc. Nowadays (or so we tell ourselves, most of the time), we have an ironic reaction against past racism, manifested in Cartman's extreme anti-semitism, or in the casual reference to the n-word in Will Ferrell's Robert Goulet bit. Such stuff is not meant to be actually hurtful, but to mock racism itself. However, when you hear a word in a context where it's supposed to function as 'funny' enough times, you just can't help yourself. You dumb nigger jew.
Another side to it is that Jewish people are masters of self-deprecation.
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Anonymous2005-06-20 2:10
Another side to it is that Jewish people are masters of self-deprecation.
Also the exact opposite
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Anonymous2005-06-20 2:11
RACISM ISN'T COOL!
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Jim Crow2005-06-20 7:25
It is legitimate to make fun of your own race, thus racism fails.
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Anonymous2005-06-21 9:54
I don't see how it's not racism. Doesn't poking fun at Jews imply that they're inferior to us, and have strange customs that prove their religion is just silly?
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> Doesn't poking fun at Jews imply that they're inferior to us
Politically correct = fail. Poking fun at Jews implies nothing. You can also make fun of yourself, which wouldn't imply you're inferior to... yourself?
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Anonymous2005-07-03 16:47
It's because the US is made of Christians and non-Christians with a Christian mindset who believe Jews are an outdated and useless version of Christianity with silly hats, as well as East Coasters and Europeans who understand that Jews really like to make money but fail do to having a silly language and accent that no one can take seriously.
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Anonymous2005-07-03 17:25
>>11 Jews really like to make money but fail do to having a silly language and accent that no one can take seriously
I LOL'd :D
C'mon, it's not because Christians this or Christians that, it's just because making fun of something is fun (that's why it's called making "fun" duh). I would make fun of Christians but they're not as good for that; they're more lame than fun.
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Anonymous2005-12-08 23:06
They aren't really funny at all. They do love money though.